{"product_id":"japan-envisions-the-west-9780295987408","title":"Japan Envisions the West","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConsiders how Japan encountered the West and learned about and adopted their arts, culture, and science, and how the West discovered Japanese arts and culture. This book also features works of art from the Kobe City Museum, whose collection focuses on Western-style Japanese art created between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Featuring a splendid variety of exquisite Japanese works of art from the Kobe City Museum, \u003ci\u003eJapan Envisions the West\u003c\/i\u003e provides a rare and intriguing window into interactions between Japan and the West.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Nichi Bei Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a brilliant study of Western influences on the arts and culture of Japan during the Edo period, going far beyond the standard analyses of formal elements such as perspective and three dimensions. . . . This is a crucial purchase for college and university libraries, since it will change considerably readers' understanding of this important period of East\/West relations. Essential.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Features a splendid variety of exquisite Japanese works of art from the Kobe City museum, proving a rare insight into interactions between Japan and the West for three centuries.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Umbrella *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword \/ Mimi Gardner Gates\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCurator's Statement \/ Yukiko Shirahara\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Painters of Japan and the West \/ Oka Yasumasa\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Reception of Maps between Japan and the West \/ Onoda Kazuyuki\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo Streams of Namban Painting \/ Narusawa Katsushi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Art Scene in and around Nagasaki \/ Narusawa Katsushi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Influence of Ransho on Western-style Painting \/ Katsumori Noriko\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Early Copperplate Prints of Shiba Kokan and Aodo Denzen \/ Tsukahara Akira\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHollandisme in Japanese Craftwork \/ Oka Yasumasa\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJapan and the West: Export Porcelain and Lacquerware \/ Christiaane J. A. Jorg\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Opening of Japan and Its Visual Culture \/ Tsukahara Akira\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \/ Yukiko Shirahara\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Notes to the Reader\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400915329367,"sku":"9780295987408","price":44.53,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780295987408.jpg?v=1730471937","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/japan-envisions-the-west-9780295987408","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}